16 Apr 1999
Trollkarlen
In this sober and moody documentary, director Anders Østergaard explores the life - and death - of Swedish wonder kid jazz pianist Jan Johansson through a rain-soaked windshield.
Perpetuum mobile. Raimonds Pauls
Raimonds Pauls is almost 85 years old, rehearses almost every day and performs at least once a week. What drives him? Not only he is the most popular composer in Latvia: his songs are sung all over the world. "Dāvāja Māriņa" is so popular in Japan that Paul received the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun. In concerts, he collaborates with world stars of Latvian origin - soprano Elīna Garanča, organist Iveta Apkalna, conductor Mariss Jansons. The Latvian Television film crew follows him during the pandemic, realizing that the restrictions and threats of Covid-19 hardly stop the Maestro in the course of his eternal engine. How does he cope with the challenges that time imposes on a person's physical form and the loneliness when most friends have passed away? What is the source of his inexhaustible lifestyle and creative spirit?
Top Billed Cast
Lana Paula Self
Edite Pauls-Vignere Self
Anna Marija Paula Self
Toivo Unt Self
Iveta Apkalna Self
Ojārs Rubenis Self
Anda Zadovska Self
Andris Keišs Self
Māris Briežkalns Self
Dāvis Jurka Self
Elina Garanca Self
Daumants Kalniņš Self
Artūrs Skrastiņš Self
Oskars Ozoliņš Self
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